Cosmo Cat #4 for Sale - First Appearance of George Jowett - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Cosmo Cat (Fox, 1946 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: January-February 1947
Key date: 1947-01-00
On-sale date: 1946-12-30
Indicia publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of George Jowett - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Horroface - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Cosmo Cat
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset
2	Whiz Kid	comic story	10	pencils: Ellis Chambers; inks: Ellis Chambers	Cosmo Cat
3	Good Sports	cartoon	2	letters: ?; typeset	Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra
4	-	comic story	6	script: Pat Adams	Cosmo Cat, Willy Rat
5	Percy Solves A Mystery	text story	2	script: Lawrence G. (credited); letters: typeset	Percy; Mr. Webb; Gorgon
6	Chapter One Strange Peril	comic story	10		Cosmo Cat, Professor J. Moggerty Fump, Horroface First
7	Charlie Chimp	comic story	1	pencils: Howie Post	Charlie Chimp; owl
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	The Blue Beetle, Dan Garret

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #34 of 10#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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